Title: Work-family conflict in Pakistan: juggling of activities on personal values and commitments

Authors: Noreen Saher; Tasmia Matloob; Fariya Tahreen; Shazia Safdar Ali; Galya H. Al Sulim

Addresses: International Islamic University, H-10, Islamabad, Pakistan ' Imam Mohammed Bin Saud Islamic University, P.O. Box 5701, Riyadh, 11432, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ' Imam Mohammed Bin Saud Islamic University, P.O. Box 5701, Riyadh, 11432, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ' Imam Mohammed Bin Saud Islamic University, P.O. Box 5701, Riyadh, 11432, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ' Imam Mohammed Bin Saud Islamic University, P.O. Box 5701, Riyadh, 11432, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract: Work-family conflict has become a buzz word in the contemporary world of international political economy. The intensity of this phenomenon has attracted attention of researchers; consistently, fair amount of scholarship is available in this domain at national as well as international level. In contemporary Pakistan, work-life conflict has become an emerging issue as well and many researches have been conducted. But no research has exclusively focused on work-family conflict faced by married working women and their conflict management style from personal value and commitment perspective. This paper focuses this research gap. The aim of this paper is to explore the ways through which married working women manage this phenomenon of work-family conflict. To meet the targets of this research, qualitative research methodology was employed. Face to face in-depth interviews were conducted to get insight of the respondents on the issue at hand. Thematic analysis was used for research data analysis and personal opinions of the respondents were used for the sake of result validity. Research implications and future research direction will also be given in this paper.

Keywords: working women; work-family conflict; Pakistan; coping mechanisms; individual values; commitment; married women; conflict management.

DOI: 10.1504/MEJM.2013.054079

Middle East Journal of Management, 2013 Vol.1 No.1, pp.28 - 48

Received: 16 Feb 2013
Accepted: 16 Feb 2013
Published online: 05 Jul 2014 *

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